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The former reality TV pair reflected on how hard it was to leave their only son on the trolley before he went down for his four hour surgery, where eight medics worked on him to create a nostril.

'I looked back at him as I walked away and nearly broke down. You don't comprehend the depth of emotion you feel,' Jason explained.

'He's not symmetrical but he's gorgeous to us and we love him to bits,' Annie said about Teddy, pictured here three months ago after his operation

Daddy's boy: The little tyke helping out at the family business - Hunter Belle Cheddar in the Hunter Valley

Emotional: The former reality TV pair opened up about how hard it was to leave their only son on the trolley before he went down for his four hour surgery, where eight medics worked on him to create a nostril

Teddy is now able to stick out his tongue for the first time, but in a year's time he'll need another operation to close the roof of his mouth.